Advertising display device



Aug. 25, 19 31. I J. O'NEILL v I ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Dec. 6, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Aug. 25, 1931. O'NEILL 9 8 V ADVERIISING DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Dec. 6. 1929 2 SheetsSheet 2 i 7 INVENTOR a c/osA-P/K 'A/F/LL.

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Patented Aug. 25,1931

JOSEPH ONEILL, OF AKRON, OHIO ADVERTISING DISPLAY DEVICE 2 Application filed December 6,1929; s ri l No. 412,065.

This invention relates to advertising display devices such as illuminated representa- 1710115 or simulations of goods being advertise The general purpose of the invention is to provide an improved inexpensive advertising display device of the above character, said device being capable of exposure to atmospheric conditions without deterioration.

Heretofore devices of this sort have been made of glass or the like which are comparatively expensive and easily broken, or of translucent paper or parchment material which, while cheap, are not capable of withstanding atmospheric conditions and are not easily manipulated to form them into the desired shapes.

The present invention has for its objects the provision of an illuminated display device including an interior frame of a shape determined by the shape of the article to be simulated in which electric lights may be supported and over which is applied a covering of a translucent, semi-stiff, flexible material adapted to take a set in any shape to which it is formed. This material comprises wire screen such as ordinary window screen embedded in a layer of a flexible, waterproof composition comprising a derivative of cellulose, this material being obtainable on the market under the trade name of celloglass.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention are attained in the advertising display device shown in the accompanying drawings and described below. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular form thereof shown and described.

Of the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a display device embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical diametral section through said device;

Figure 3 is a top plan thereof;

Figure 4 is a plan of a portion of the covering material; and

Figure 5 is a section through the covering material as along line 55 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designatesa suitable framewhich in the particular form of the invention shown in shaped like an inverted lsosceles triangle havingan annulus IO securedto the top thereof so as to be adapted fora display simulating an ice cream cone. One or more sheetsof the material described above "and comprising wire screen 11 embedded in a translucent cellulose derivative 12 are shaped to cone shape about said frame as at 13, edges of the sheet being overlapped at one or more places as at 14 over the frame and the covering being secured to the frame as by rivets 15, 15.

To simulate ice cream in the cone, acap 16 is formed of, or shaped from', one or more pieces of the sheet material 11, '12 and this cap may be removably bolted .onto the top of the cone by bolts extending through the annulus 10 whereby the cap can be removed for access into the device. i Electric lamp bulbs 17 18 and 19 may be mounted atsuitable points inframe 10,1 the lamp 17 to illuminate the cap 16 and the lamps 18 and 19 to-illuminate the body of the cone. Leads 20 are extended intothe body of the cone through a plug21 fixed in the bottom thereof for connecting the lamps to a source of electricity. I i The display device thus provided maybe mounted on a suitablebracket for placement at any desired location. A bracket standard 22 is shown in the drawings provided with members 22'so arranged as to define a cone shaped receptacle in the standard for the cone display deviceshown.

The body of the'cone may be colored and lined as indicated to simulate the coloring and formation of. an ice cream cone and the cap may be colored to simulate ice cream. This can be accomplished'by use of coloring in the covering material when made or by decorating the material either before or after applying it to the frame. I It will be apparent that any desired shapes can be imparted to the material to apply it to frames of various shapes, the wire in the material setting the material in any shape to which it is formed either by use of molds or by hand manipulation thereof.

Modifications of the invention maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is 2- 1. An advertising display device comprising a frame shaped as an inverted isosceles triangle with an annulus at the top thereof, one or more electric lamps mounted in said frame, a covering for said frame comprising one or more sheets of translucent cellulose material having Wire fabric embedded therein wrapped about and secured to the frame to rovide a cone-shaped body, a cap comprislng said sheet material shaped to simulate a mass of ice cream in said cone, said cap being removably mounted on the annulus of said frame, said body and cap material being colored to simulate a cone contaming lce cream, and leads extending through the bottom of the cone for supplying electricity to said lamps.

2. An advertising display device comprising a frame shaped as an inverted isosceles triangle with an annulus at the top thereof,

one or more sources of lights mounted in said.

frame, a covering for said frame comprising one or more sheets of translucent cellulose material having Wire fabric embedded therein wrapped about and secured to the frame to provide a cone-shaped body, and a cap comprising said sheet material shaped to simulate a mass of ice cream in said cone, said cap being removably mounted on the annulus of said frame, said body and cap material being colored to simulate a cone containing ice cream.

. 3. An advertising display device for simulating an article to be advertised, said device comprising a frame of suitable shape, one or more light sources in the frame, and a cover ing of translucent cellulose sheet material having wire fabric embedded therein applied to the frame, said material being shaped and colored to simulate said article.

4. An advertising display device for simulating an article to be advertised, said device comprising a frame of suitable shape, and a covering of translucent cellulose sheet mate rial having wire fabric embedded therein applied to the frame, said material being shaped and colored to simulate said article.

JOSEPH ONEILL. 

